Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1889.

5us protest against such a conrse, and has llready hinted that it would bo scarcely x-orth while to hold the conference unless Germany gives practical evidence of a sin:ere desire t promote the restoration of feaco in the island by foregoing her desire lor vengeance. , . Washington', Feb. 14. It is said at the State Department that as there is not the slightest wish or desire on the part of the President or Secretary Bayard to embarass the incoming administration with respect to its Samoan ooliey. it is not at all likely that the present administration will arrogate to itself the selection of the American representative at the proposed conference at Berlin, or that it will take any action whatever that might tend to commit the next administration. Auckland, X. Z., Feb. 14. The latest advices from Samoa say there has been no change in the situation since the last report. There has been no fighting, and Tamasese and Mataafa remain in their strongholds. The British consul has warned British subjects not to supply natives with arms, and to maintain strict neutrality. The British war-ship Calliope has replaced the war-ship Royalist. The German and American war-snips remain stationary. Heir Brandero, the leading partisan of Tamesese, has been recalled to Berlin. THE IlAIUUSON CABINET.

Washington Politicians Spend the Time Talking About Thomas for the Navy. Special to the InlianapoIl4 JoumaL Washington'. Feb. 14. Politicians and statesmen in Washington are completely at sea in regard to the composition of President Harrison's Cabinet. There was not much said on the subject at the Capitol today, and most of the speculation and comment was confined to Representative Thomas, of Illinois, who is mentioned as positive timber for the secretaryship of the navy. Tho taUi about Thomas was renewed by an article in to-day's New York Sun, which tells why Senator Chandler is righting Thomas's plans for a new steel cruiser. It 6ays that Senator Chandler has a personal feeling against Thomas on account of the latter being on the Honse committee at a time when Congress took out of the former's hands, while he was Secretary of the Navy, supervision of the construction of new vessels. It is uencrally believed here, to-night, that Captain Thomas is slated as Secretary of the Navy, and it is thought he will soon nut in an appearance at Indianapolis. Thomas is very popular in Washington, and has been largely and heartily indorsed by men in both houses of Congress. Ton Takes Your Choice. Washinprton SpeciaL It is by no means an assured fact that Mr. Blaine is to be President Harrison's Secretary of State. Mr. Blaine, in speaking to a mg him on his prospective return to the premiership, said: "Now, let me tell you. With all this newspaper talk, from what sources I know not, as far as I am concerned I have not had a line from General Harrison upon the f remiership, the Cabinet noranything else, le has not conferred with nie by corres-' pondence, and I can say, upon my honor, that the subject of my otlicial relations with the new administration have not been "discussed." Mr. Blaine's friends assert that, nevertheless, he will be called to tho premiership in due season. Baltimore SpeciaL CoL Julian Allen, of Statesville. N. C, who has been in the city for several days in the interest of a Southern exposition that will be held the coming fall in some Northern city, to-day told a reporter of the American that while in Washington, recently, he had an extended interview with Mr. James G. Blaine, who is an intimate friend of some years' standing. In many ways Mr. Blaine expressed his concern for tno welfare of the South and his interest in its future. Ho convinced Colonel Allen that when he took his seat in President Harrison's Cabinet he would prove as good . a friend of the South as that portion of tho country ever had. Mr. Blaine also spoko !lL 1 1 A. I A At wmi iretuom auoui uis acceptance 01 luo "position of Secretary of State in General iiaiiisuu a iauiuti. buu buiu. mat x nsmcui Harrison tendered him the position a very few days after the election, and did it in such a cordial way that he at once accepted J A At A ii in uie same spirii. COMMISSIONER OBERLY. Fear of Discipline Seriously Interferes with " ' Hid Efficiency as a Reformer. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Washington, Feb. 14. Evidently Indian Commissioner Oberly is afraid of being removed from office for insubordination. He said, the other day, to your correspondent, that the law was being grossly violated and orders disregarded in the cutting of timber from certain Indian lands in Wisconsin; that his request for the removal of Indian Agent Gregory had been refused by Secro- . tary Vilas, who knew that the agent was permitting the law to be outraged, and that he would expose the whole business when called before Senator Chandler's committee on Indian depredations. To-day Mr. Oberly had an' opportunity to make the expose, but he refused to do so, and evidenced a strong desire to shield Mr. Vilas. He said to the committee that the pnly thing that was being dono which he did not approve was the retention of agent Gregory, who was allowing the timber to be cut without tho approval of the Secretary. Evidently, Mr. Ooerly was reminded, since his announcement of an intention to tell all he knew about Vilas, of the treatmentof Land Commissioner Sparks and Civil-service Commissioner Edgertou, who were summarily relieved for insubordination and talking about their superior officers. Oberly did a good job of "crawling into his hole and pulling the hole in after him." to-day.' As a reformer he was proven a dead failure. MINOR MATTERS. Joint Sleeting: of Union and Confederate Veterans who Fought at Chickaniauga. Washington. Feb. 14. A joint meeting of Union and confederate veterans who were engaged at Chickamauga was held to-day in the room of the Senate committee on military affairs. The object was to devise a plan for preserving that held, and marking the positions of all forces that participated in the fight. Gen. Henry M. Cist, of Cincinnati, chairman of a committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, charged with this subject, called his committee hero last night. It organized, and invited co-operation from tho exconfederates present. The meeting to-day was the result. There were present Generals Baird, Reynolds, Cist, Manderson and Boynton and Colonel Klogg of the Union officers, and Generals Bate, of Tennessee; Colquitt, of Georgia; Walthall, of Mississippi; YV heeler, of Alabama; Wright, of Tennessee, and Col. S. Bankhead, of Alabama, and Morgan, of Mississippi. The plan of preserving and marking the Held of Chickamauga, under the auspices of a joint memorial corporation representing all tho States that had troops there, patterned in general after the Gettysburg Association, was cordially approved. Generals Cist and Colquitt were appointed a committee, with power to add lour to their number, to prepare an act of incorporation, and to correspond with leading officers from each State whoso troops fought at Chickamauga, with a view t securing a proper list of incorporators. This committee will meet to-morrow to begin work. A number of officers on each side, members of either House or Senate, who are greatly interested in this proI'ect, were detained from the meeting by delates in which they were engaged. Agreement on the Direct-Tax IH1L Wamiinoton, Feb. 14. Tho conferees on the direct-tax bill held another meeting today, and, it is understood, have reached a basis of agreement. The House conferees, tho report says, have consented to an amendment in respect to the Beaufort, South Carolina, claim for property 6old for taxes during the reconstruction era, by which the amount to bo paid is limited to the amount received for tho property at tho

sale. A part of this was added to the school fund of the State, where it has since remained, and this sum is to be deducted from the gross amount appropriated by the bill for the State's share.

A Good Word for Thompson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' Washington, Feb. 14. Assistant Secretary Thompson, who has been nominated for Civil-service Commissioner in place of Mr. Edgerton, is undergoing the usual amount of criticism, which, of course, is accompanied by some untruthful statements. As a matter of fact, it may as well be said. Governor Thompson has made a good record as an officer, and commands tho respect of republicans as well as democrats. His civil-servico record is in harmony with the best element of the Demo cratic pany. American Interests at Panama. Washington, Feb. 14. The House committee on foreign affairs, to-day, instructed Chairman McCreary to report favorably the Senate bill appropriating $250,000 for tho protection of American interests and citizens at the Isthmus of Panama. In view of the fact that work on the canal ceases to-morrow, the committee resolved to make an etfbrt to secure immediate action by tho House. General Notes. Washington, Feb. 14.Tho Senate has confirmed the nominations of Eugene E. White, of Prescott, Ark., to be Indian inspector, and Carroll D. Wright, of Boston to be Commissioner of Labor. Senator Palmer, from the committee on agriculture and forestry, to-day reported favorably an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill giving the Commissioner of Agriculture 100,000 with which to continue the experiments in tho production and manufacture of sugar from sorghum cane and beets. A reunion of paymasters of tho army who served during the war of the rebellion will be held here at the Ebbitt House on March 5, 18S9. The address of the secretary is Col. Thomas H. Gardner, 1000 F street, Northwest, Washington, I). C. The Comptroller of the Currency to-day, authorized tho American National Bank, of New Orleans. La., to begin business with a capital of 00,000. The President, U to-dav. sent tho followincr nominations to tho. Sfn.ltf? Cnn.ii.nlnrr George E. Belknap, to bo a rear admiral: Capt. John G. Walker, to be commodore; Commander Silas Casey, to be captain; Lieut.-Com. James M. iorsyth, to be commander. Tho Secretary of the Treasury, this afternoon, accepted the following bonds: Fours-and-a-half registered, $538,000 at 81.00 1-S; $40,000 at 1.00; fours-and-a-half, coupon, 310,000 at 1.09 1-8. f TIIE BUILDERS' CONVENTION. Concluding Session of the Annual MeetingOfficers and Directors for the Coming Year. Philadelphia, Feb. 14. At tho session of the National Builders' convention, to-day, architect John McArthur, of this city, read an address prepared by O. P. Hatfield, of New York, treasurer of the American Institute of Architects. The address, among other things, said: "Although the architect really is, in his superintendence of building, tho agent of tho owner, being his emploj'e and looking to him for compensation for his labors, yet he should not forget that ho is also an expert and umpire, who is expected to maintain always a judicial frame of mind and even hardened justice in all his decisions as between tho owner and the contractor." Prof. George Eastburn, M. A., of this city, read a paper on the ''Metric System," in which he advocated legislation making the use of tho metric system of weights and measures obligatory in the United States, as it had been in other countries. CoL Richard T. Auchmuty, of New York, founder of the mechanical trade school in that city, delivered an address on "Trade Training." He spoke of tho mechanical trades and tho men who do the different kinds of work. He said that the opposition of the unions to education of the young men in the trade schools comes from foreigners, and should not be allowed to prevail. He urged all master builders to control their own business. The address was vigorously applauded, and it was decided to print it and distribute it throughout tho country. Assistant Secretary Voshall presented tho following resolution from the Master Builders' Exchange of Syracuse, and it was promptly adopted: Whereas, It lias como to the knowledge of this board that strenuous efforts are being made on the part of labor unions In this and other States to have the conspiracy laws repealed; therefore, be it Resolved, That the delegates to the convention at Philadelphia be Instructed to urge upon delegates from other States and cities the necessity of using their influence, personally and as exchancres, to the end that the conspiracy laws of the various States be not tamiercd with. Several resolutions reported by the committee on resolutions were acted upon. The one recommending the association to use its influence for the passage of laws making it felony for any person or organization to prevent any American youth from learning any trade or handicraft ho may desire was adopted. A resolution requesting tho national government to arrange the letting of contracts for public work so that each ailierent kind of work 6hall be contracted for separately, and for tho submission to tho national and the different State governments of a proposed law providing that on public work a bond shall be exacted from the general contractor in a sufficient sum to provide against loss by any subcontractor for the labor performed or material furnished, were defeated. A vote of thanks was tendered by the convention to Congressman Butterworth. of Ohio, for his defense of the rights of American citizens in Congress. St. Paul, Minn., was selected as tho place for tho next annual meeting, on Jan. 20, 1890, and the following officers and directors were elected for tho ensuing year: President, Edward E. Scribner, of St. Paul; first vice-president, John J. Tucker, of New York: second vice-president, A. McAlister, of Cleveland; secretary, William H. Sayward, of Boston; treasurer, George Tappe'r, of Chicago. Directors, E. Bartlett, Baltimore; L. B. Soule, Boston; Edwin M.Hagar, Buffalo; D. A. Sullivan, Charleston; George C. Prnssing, Chicago; J. M. Blair, Cincinnati; P. 11. Jenks, Cleveland; W. J. Stapleton, Detroit; William Miller. East Saginaw, Mich.; John H. Haskins, Grand Rapids, Mich.: James E. Shover, Indianapolis; William W. Taylor, Kansas City; Garrett Dunn, Milwaukee; Barclay Cooper. Minneapolis; Marco Seidletz, New York; William Harkington. D. C; William H. Foulk, Wilmington, Del., and F. D. Crane, Worcester, Mass. Tatrlck Kgan Talks About Molloy. Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 14. Hon. Patrick Egan, on being interviewed to-day regarding the evideneo in the Molloy trial, in Liverpool, said: "The item, as sent out by the news agencies, is calculated to do mo grave injury. , Molloy, a few weeks ago, put up a most improved American iob on tho Times, He told the Times agent tliat he could incriminate Paruell, and Davitt and my humble self. The Times jumped at tho bait, faid all' Molloy's debts in Dublin, gave lim liberal sums of money and still more liberal promises, and brought him over to London, where he lived in clover for several weeks. "When the time came for Molloy to go on the stand ho coolly testified what was tho fact that he had never known any one of us, and that he had simply fooled the Times people in order . to ease them of some of their surplus cash. For this the Times is now prosecuting Molloj." How many a home has been robbed of sunshine, and hanoincss and rendered sad and desolate by t tie loss of some dear and petted child. This is a dangerous season for children, and parents should kep'NJr. l..11'ci f'rt,, rrl, Sirriin linmli VritA V

ness, jr., Philadelphia; Richard Heywood, Providence: W. H. Goslin, Rochester. N. Y.; Frank Clark, Sioux City, la.; John De Clm St. Joseph, Mo.; Daniel Evans, St. Louis; Matt Breen, , St. Paul: William Dickinson, Svracuse- N. Y.: G. J. McCartnev. Wash

INDIANA AID ILLINOIS NEWS A AYron ged Woman's Wrath Leads to Her Husband's Imprisonment for Life, Heavy Damage Suit Growing Out of an Assault Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Convicted of Poisoning State Press Association.

INDIANA. John Sage Gets a Life Sentence for Participating In -the Murder of a Child. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Marion, Feb. 14. The case against John Sago for accessory to the murder of a child, which has absorbed the attention of this and Blackford county the past three days, terminated to-day with a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner's punishment was assessed at imprisonment for life. Several members of the jury showed traces of tho aeepest emotion as the verdict was read. The prisoner, as well, was deeply affected. It is not improbable that the simple fact of John Sage's applying for a divorce last Septenider will work a revolution all round. Had it not been for that, Eliza Sage, his wife, who assumed tho entire burden, seven years ago, of drowning her child, would have gone on and borne alone the burdens of guilt and disgrace, until released by death, or, possibly, after long years, by a Governor's pardon, lint Sage chose to prove himself a traitor to his paramour. The consequence is ho goes to the penitentiary for life. The reopening of the case leads to a discussion of its merits, and sympathy is aroused for the woman who sutiered in silence as long as her equally guilty lover was loyal. This sympathy has already taken a tangible and positive form. Each member of the jury who tried Sage thinks that Eliza Sage had been sufficiently punished, and all favor executive clemency. Every juror expressed not only his willingness but his anxiety to sign a petition for a pardon, and it is not improbable that such a petition, with as inany signatures as are wanted, will be presented to Governor Hovey within the next two weeks. "Wants 810,000 for Assault. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Waiiash, Feb. 14. -A sensational damage suit was brought in the Wabash Circuit Court late to-night, the parties thereto being Dr. Claire, a traveling physician from Missouri, William Mcllroy, a horse-buyer, of North Manchester, and Elmer McKinley, a young man in his employ. Tho plaintiff, Claire, says in his complaint that one night about two weeks ago while at North Manchester, ho was beset by Mcllroy and his stable hands, knocked down and terribly beaten; that Mcllroy shot him, the ball taking effect in his side, making an ugly wound, and that subsequently he was chased down tho Wabash Western railroad track to Newton Junction, three miles. For this ho demands damages in tho sum of 810,000. Claire claims that tho provocation for the attack was a remark made by him reflecting upon tho character of Mcllroy. A State case against tho latter is now pending. Young Girl Convicted of Murder. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL LaPoute, Feb. 14. Mary Sowers, a girl thirteen years of age, pleaded guilty to tho charge of murder in the LaPorto county Circuit Court to-day, and was sentenced by Judge Noycs to five years in tho State Reformatory. Tho girl's father is in prison awaiting trial lor the same crime, which was the murder, by administering arsenic. of an infant brother and son. During the same session of court William Austin was sent to the penitentiary for live years for committing an assault on tho girl sentenced as a hove. I ho lathers case comes up to-morrow. The Democratic Work of Revenge. Special to the I iuUanapoUa Journal. '. Shelbyville, Feb. 14. The infamous work of tho Democratic gang still goes on. William P. Fisher, a prominent Republican of Union township, was arrested, last night, by a double-fisted United States marshal, on the charge 01 vio lating the election laws. He gave bond in the sum of $500. with S. J. Carpenter as surety. Mr. Fisher is entirely innocent of any wrong, as his neighbors and friends well know, but on account of being a friend of Carpenter and having worked in his behalf he is made tho victim of the malice of the Ray and Bailey gang. Killing: Dogs to Prevent Hydrophobia. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columuus, Feb. 14. Hydrophobia is prevalent to an alarming extent in various parts of southern Indiana. A few days ago an unknown mad dog made its appearance in tho vicinity of Champion, Jennings county, and before it could bo killed it had bitten several head of cattle and a mule. Three animals are showing unmistakable signs of hydrophobia, and several of them have already been shot. All of the dogs of the neighborhood are being killed, and excitement runs high among the people of that locality. Fell Twenty-Five Feet in a Mine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Knightsville, Feb. 14. Jno. Cornell, mine boss at No. 9 mine, owned and operated by the Brazil Block Coal Company, fell from the top or upper vein to tho lower vein, a distance of about twenty-live feet. His recovery is doubtful. This is tho second accident of the same nature that has occurred at this mine, the other proving fatal. Minor Notes. After a long fight tho saloons have gained a foothold in Sheridan. fA poultry association will bo organized at Crawfordsville to-morrow. Last week the Jay county recorder received 200 oil and gas leases for record. Sheridan hopes to have tho largest fair next fall ever lield m Hamilton county. The store of A. C. Pearson, at Sheridan, was closed yesterday under an attachment for over $2,000. Samuel Mart, one of the pioneer residents of Grant county, died yesterday, aged seventy years. Chaplain Brown Tost, G. A. R., of Valparaiso, has adopted resolutions favoring a general pension bill. Mrs. Naomi Lambeth, of Lafayette, has brought suit against William P. Kirkpatrick for breach of promise, claiming 0,000 damages. Samuel Ruffin. of Brownsville, Union county, is charged with sending obscene letters through the mails to tho injury of a young lady. A reward of 1,900 is offered for the arrest of Charles Smith, the' murderer undersentence of death, who recently escaped from the Posey county jail. Francis Murph', the temperance worker, is having a large attendance at his meetings in Anderson. Ho will make that place his headquarters for some time to come. Wm. Watson, of Indianapolis, who recently broke into a freight car at Columbus, lias been sent to the penitentiary for one year. His trial took place at Franklin. John Shafer, living at Ovid, Madison county, has been arrested for stealing miscellaneous articles from the residence of James Windel. Ho was tracked in the freshly fallen snow. Frank Wood, of Evansville, and E. E. Edmonds, of Vincennes, have agreed to run an eighty-live yard race at Evausville. on Feb. 24, for a purse of fcGOO. A forfeit of 100 has been deposited. The breach-of-nromise suit of Anna Streed against Charles 0. Hillstrom, of Chesterton, in whicn she as ted K5.000 dam ages, has been compromised by Hillstrom paying Miss Streed $450 and the cost of the prosecution. Miss McManis, tho lady whistler, of In dianapolis, was formerly a student at DePauw University. She participated in a concert at G reen castle on W ednesdavniirht. and was received with a large audience. The Misses Nutt. Joslin. Keatinir. II anna. Shenner, Nelson and Mathiasalso took part in xne programme. Samuel Steele, an old citizen of Spencer county, nau ueen aeai m nis right ear tor twenty years. Yesterday ho felt a sharp

pain in it, and upon investigating tho cause removed a piece of straw an inch lonj. When this was dono his hearing retunled, and the pain ceased. The straw wafcl well preserved, notwithstanding its twe'ity years imprisonment. Fire at Princeton, yesterday morning, destroyed two two-story business-houses. The losses and insurance are as follows:

Wm. Kurtz, loss on building, $1,500; no insurance; Grace & Co., loss on stock $1,200, insurance $1,000; Valentino Beck, loss on buildings and stock $3,000, insurance $1,000; Dr. L. II. Pumphrey, loss on apparatus $300, no insurance; E. H. Hallett, loss on stock $200, no insurance. A grocery firm at Crawfordsville kept missing hams from the fiont of their store. The proprietors devised a plan to capture the thief. A string was tied to each nam, and led back to a paper placed near tho desk. On Wednesday evening, one of tho Sapers suddenly went toward the front oor, and upon going to the door a man was seen running away. Two shots fired at him caused him to stop, and he was captured, and is now out on bail to await tho action of the grand jury. The friends of Thomas Cushman, deputytreasurer of Vermillion county, feel that an injustice has been done him by the published statements that Wm. L. Porter, tho defaulting treasurer, left all his business to his deputy. They say that, although Mr. Cushman was deputy under Mr. Porter, he was not and could not have been in any way responsible for tho difficulties. He has been auditor of Vermilion county two terms, and is one of the county's most respected and trusted citizens. Mr. Porter, tney say, had entiro charge of the ofiice booK-keeping. ILXINOIS. Tli State Press Association Adjourns After Electing Officers and Delegates. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville, Feb. 14. The Illinois Press Association closed its twenty-fourth annual session in this city to-day. They had a pleasant timo and transacted a considerable amount of business, all of which seemed to have been satisfactorily gone through with. The banquet held at tho armory at ,night was a success in every particular, and attended by a large number of citizens besides the press. The forenoon session and a short session this afternoon was conlined to finishing up the programme, electing officers, selecting delegates to tho National Press Association, etc. Tho fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing yean President, Owen Scott, Bulletin, Bloomington; first yice-president, W. J. Lewis, Star, Lena; second vicepresident, G. W. Harper, Argus, Kobinson; third vice-president, S. Y. Thornton, Ledger, Canton; secretary, E. B. Fletcher, Herald, Morris; treasurer. Georgo W. Latham, Advocate, Greenville. The following persons were elected as delegates to the National Press Association: W. K. Jewell. News. Danville; Frank W. Havill, Register, Mount Cannel; Georgo Cyrus, Journal, Camp Point; Mrs. Myra Bradwell, Ledger-News, Chicago: John C. Onstott, Democrat, Petersburg; J. M. Page, Democrat, Jersey vi lie; J. J. Anderson, Democrat, Nashville; W. H. Henrichsen, Herald, Quincy: Thomas Reese, State Register, Springfield; Geo. W. Latham, Advocate, Greenville. After the adoption of the customary resolution of thanks to the citizens of Danville the session adjourned. After adjournment a number of the editors and their ladies were driven around and about the city. Brief Mention. Decatur has raised $16,000 as an inducement to locate the State fair there. Through tho careless handling of a shotgun, its contents were discharged into the abdomen of a sixteen-year-old boy named Golden, near Elco. Robert C. Patterson, a prominent politician and proprietor 01 the celebrated Pat terson Springs, died at his home near Camargo on Wednesday. An epidemic of measles, chicken-pox and scarlet fever at Belvidere has caused the closing of the public schools. Local physicians say they have never known as much Veiokuess among children as there is at pres ent. In the State Senate on Wednesday, Mr. Shects'g resolution for submitting to a vote of the people a constitutional prohibitive amendment was lost by a vote of .twentyfour to twenty not the necessary twothirds. The winter in the vicinity of Mattoon has been so mild that the volunteer crop of oats which sprung m in stubble ground sown in wheat last fall has not been frozen out, and tho farmers expect thereby to harvest a double crop. The pasturage has been so bright and green that stock required only half tho usual amount of winter food. The Grand Council of Royal Templars of the State, in session at Bloomingtou, elected officers as follows: J. W. Wilson, of Kinniundy, councillor; N.O.Smyser,vice councillor; Mrs. N. A. Whiteham, of Watseka, chaplain; Norman H. Moss, of Mount Vernon, past councillor; Charles Bradley, of Fairbury, secretary; John H. Crocker, of Fairbury, treasurer; A. P. Louis, of Springfield, herald; Mrs. M. V. S. Woods, ot Danville, deputy herald; II. H. Crosby, of Chicago, guard; W. H. Nichols, of Carlyle, sentinel; Dr. N. II. Parsons, of Fairbury, medical examiner. C. B. Powell, of Bellville; George C. Abbott, of Chicago; C. Rohrbough, of Kinmundy, trustees. J. W. Wilson, representative to both Supremo Councils; Charles Bradley, alternate. Racing at New Orleans. New Orleans. La., Feb. 14. Folio win ir is a summary of tho races here to-day: First Kacc Four furlongs. Starters: Macaulay, Breakdown. Dan Meeks, Lillie Dale, Grey Fox, Gabe C. Macaulay won in fifty-seven seconds; Grey Fox second, Breakdown third. Second RaceFour and a half furlongs. Starters: Little Bess. No More, Silleck, Lamont, Florine. Little Bess woninl:023-4; Lamont second, Silleck tnird. Third Race Five-eighths of amile. Starters: Mollie Hardy, Joshua, Regardless, Golightly, Henry Hardy. Regardless won in 1:11 1-2; Henry Hardy second, Mollie Hardy third. Fourth Race Seven-eighths of a mile. Starters: Mary Foster, Red Leaf, Hollywood, Mirth and Countess. Hollywood won in 1:41; Red Leaf second, Countess third. It rained all the afternoon, and tho track was heavy Obituary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Iud., Feb. 14. Dr. F. M. Urquhart, of the United States Marine Hospital service, died to-night of pneumonia, after an illness of seventy days. He had been in the service nine years, entering immediately after graduating from tho Virginia University. His fatal illness was brought on from the effects of overwork in the yellow fever districts during the lato Southern plague. Dr. Urquhart had charge of a quarantine station at Live Oak, Fla., and was faithful in all his duties. He was ofi'ered relief, but would not accept it as long as he could do the work. His remains will bo taken to Richmond, Va., for interment. The doctor was thirty-three years old and had been married but seven months. Steamship News. Rotterdam, Feb. 14. Arrived: from Baltimore. Lero, Queenstown, Feb. 14. Arrived: Franco, from New York, Philadelphia, Feb. 14. Arrived: Nederland, from Antwerp. London, Feb. 14. Tho Belgian steamer Olbers, Captain Gregory, from New York, Feb. 2, for Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown to-day, having in towtheCunard lino 6teamer Samaria. The Samaria sailed from Liverpool for Boston on Feb. 10. When three hundred miles west of Queenstown she broke her shaft. On Feb. 12 she was taken in tow by the Olbers. Sighted: Australia, from New York for Hamburg; Baltimore, from Baltimore for Liverpool. From Priest to Physician. St. Louis, Feb. 14. Ouito a commotion has been created in Catholic circles by the sudden declaration of Father Dougherty, of the St. Louis diocese, that he lias renounced tho priesthood and will locate in Chicago as a practicing physician. Father David J. Dougherty was ordained by Archbishop Kenrick and located at Kirkwood, a St. Louis suburb, in 18SG. From there he -went to Kansas City; from that diocese he returned to St. Louis and founded St Thomas Aauinas Church here. '

TIIE KXIGIITS OF LABOR. George Schilling Work in Reorganizing the Discontented -Assemblies. Chicago, Feb. 14. A local paper says that, acting on tho circular sent out from Philadelphia, several weeks ago, signed by a number of tho so-called original members of the Knights of Labor, George Schilling, the well-known Socialist and labor agitator, has begun the work of reorganizing several discontented assemblies. The circular mentioned above was the result of a conference held at the Indianapolis convention. At this conference it was decided that tho principal trouble in tho order lay in the fact that it had departed from its original principles of secrecy and that tho only remedy was a. return to those principles. Schilling proposed a plan, which was agreed to. It was to the effect that local assemblies of the Knights all over tho United States and Canada should, as far as possible, be induced to re

organize on the secret plan, throwing olF amliatiou with the general executive board and setting up under a modus operandi that should be unknown outside of the order. A conference was hel'j at Cincinnati, a few weeks later. A provisional executive board was appointed and a new general master workman was named. The latter was authorized to send out to trustworthy seekers for information regarding the character of the new movement a circular, tho substance of which was given in these dispatches at the time. The organizers claim that in Chicago alone more than a score of ' assemblies have cut off all communication with the gener al executive board, and havo organized as a part of that new secret or der. The worn is done in this way: Tho secret organizer nicks out ten anti-Powder-ly men persons whom he can trust. These ten organize with a new charter on tno secret plan, with a secret name, under the most binding obligations. Then tho ten charter members feel their way with tho other members, and lead them into the se cret order by twos and threes, in a quiet wav. until thev havn rantnred a maiontv. Then they go back into- the old assembly long enough to vote it out of existence. George Schilling refused to talk on tho matter when approached by a reporter. Labor Leaders in Conference. Philadelphia, Feb. 14. A meeting of leaders of labor associations was held hero to-day. Among those present were General Master Workman Powderly and the general secretary of the K. of L.; Samuel Gompers, tho president and general secretary of tho American Federation of Trades, and representatives from the national organizations of firemen and switchmen. Messrs. Pow derly, Gompers and H. Walton were appointed to prepare an address for distribu tion among tho organizations of the conntry. A number of letters in reply to an invitation to attend the meeting was read, among them one from P. M. Arthur, of the encrineers, brotherhood, in which he sav9 he cannot attend officially, but adds: Tf there is anything I can do personally to bring about a better understanding be tween the Brotherhood and other labor or ganizations. I am ready and willing to do 60 so long as it does not conflict with our present laws." Letters were received, also Iroin Graud Master Sargent, of the locomotive firemen; Grand Master Wilkinson, of the brakemen, and from Wm. A. bimscott, general secretary and treasurer of the Switchmens Mutual Aid Association of America. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved. That the organizations represented exchange copies of constitutions of each order wherever possible. Resolved, That we hold that the interests of all classes of labor are identical, and hence all organized labor should work together In harmony, and we believe the time has come when traaesunions. Kniehtsof Labor and all others should clasp hands and march together for the advance ment 01 the worlung classes. Will Not Work with Foreign Material. San Francisco, Feb. 14. Boiler-makers in the employ of the Risdon iron-works, of this city, have gone out on strike, on tho ground that certain iron-plates being used in the repair of boilers of the steamshin Australia were made abroad. The strikers contend that they will not work in any snop wnicn procures any poruonoi mo boilers in tho Last or in foreign countries that they must be made on tho Pacific coast. The company was employing 150 men at $3.50 per day. The companynas continued work with a short force. Wage Reduction Accepted. Pittsbukg, Feb. 14. The furnace men in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys say they do not expect to have any tronblo regarding the wage question on March 1. One of them who was in tho city to-day said that ho thought the employes seemed to understand that tho condition of the market did not warrant a continuance of the present rate of wages, and that the men would accept the 10 per cent, reduction. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. White Caps are 6aid to have lately sent a warning note to a resident of Mount Hope, Orange county. Now York. Ho has disaopeared, and there is much excitement. Cora Lee, Mrs. Mollqy's adopted daughter, did not commit suicide, as was reported some time ago. She is alive and well, and employed in the telephone exchange at Umaiia. President Pattou, of Princeton College, yesterday announced that Mrs. SusanD. Brown had given $35,000 in addition to tho $50,000 already reported, all of which will be appropriated to tho now dormitory. Mrs. Wilhelmina Hiebelschauser, a wealthy widow of Crestline, O.. committed suicide yesterday at Louisville. She has been in low spirits since the death of her husband, several months ago, and was visitincr her daughter at Louisville in hope of finding relief. Wm. H. Worth, the receiving clerk in tho jewelry department of Montgomery, Ward & Co., of Chicago, was arrested late last night and locked up at the Armory. He has for a long time been robbing his employers of watches and pawning them. He made a full confession when charged with the thefts. Edward Dougherty, who keeps an oyster saloon in Philadelphia, quarreled with his wife last night while both were under th influence of liquor, and after a wordy war ho stabbed her in the head with an oyster knife and then kicked her into the street. Dougherty was arrested and his wife was conveyed to the hospital, where her injuries were pronounced dangerous. Sophia Buck, aged thirty, living on the second floor of a tenement-house in Hoboken, N. J., became suddenly insane and threw her eeven-months-old babe out of a window, fatally injuring tho child. The mother was placed under arrest. She was abandoned by her husband, who left her ill and destitute, and while brooding over her . pitiable condition her reason gave way. Wm. E. Jones absconded from Denver, Col., in October, 1887, with $2,000. He was cashier of the Continental Oil Compay. A reward of $300 was ottered for his arrest, but lie could not be caught. Ho was bonded in the American Surety Company, of New York, in the sum of 5,000. On Wednesday the fugitive gave himself up to tho police at 'loronto. He was put in jail at Buttalo, and will be taken to Denver. Ho has a wife and four children. Baltimore narrowly escaped a famine of postage stamps, as the combination lock on the stamp sale in tho postofhee refused to work properly on Wednesday. An expert was at work all Wednesday night and Thursday on tho safe, but it withstands everv eflort made to open it, and it is prohable'that the front plates of tho door will have to be removed, which will take a week's work. Cashier Isicodeinus went to W ashington yesterday ana brougnt over a supply of stamps. Despondent 31an Cuts His Throat. New York. Feb. 14. Georire Wyck. twenyears old, a painter, cut his head almost off witn one uesperato srroKe or a razor, una morning, at his rooms, No. 316 West Thirtyninth street, and bled to death in a minute, lie came home in the forenoon, and, lying in bed a few moments, got up, and, taking his young wife by the throat, said: ."Nellie, I am coins to die. and vou must die with me." She wrenched herself from him and ran screaming from the room to the rooms of a neighbor. Suddenly recollecting that their oulv child, a two-months-old baby. was lying in tho crib, she ran back with her neighbor. Her husband lay on tho floor, spondency at failure to ficcure work was tho cause of tno euicido

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On this occasion the 4th comes on Monday, which has not occurred before since Air. .Lincoln's first inauguration, in 1861. Then the Congress continued the legislative day of Saturday, tho 'Jd inst. right through to noon on the 4th. The benato and House both met on Sunday and took a recess, each acting separately, until Monday morning. Then each house " resumed session a9 of the 2d, and the final announcement of ad ment was made ns of that legislative day. That precedent will be followed in this case, with recesses at such intervals as the con dition of tho pending business may dictate. Since the formation of constitutional government, inauguration day has como but three times on Sunday. The tim occasion was in 1821, at the time of Monroe's second inauguration. Then Congress continued tho legislative day as of Saturday, theSdof the month, up to noon on the 4th calendar day, and the formal inauguration was deferred until the 5th. The next time tho 4th of March came on Sunday was in 1H49, when Zachary Taylor was inaugurated. Congress, following the precedent established in 1821, continued the legislative day of the 3d up to 12 o'clock on tho 4th. having taken recesses instead of a formal adjournment. Again, in 1877, when R. B. Hayes was inaugurated, the 4th came on Sunday. Congress remained in session almost continuously during tho closing days of the session, as there was unusual excitement, and threats of preventing the inauguration by violence. The Senate remained in session until nearly 4 o'clock Sunday morning, then taking a recess until 9 A. M. The House likewise continued its 6ession, and sine die adjournment appears on tha journals as having occurred on the Sd. Tho inaugural ceremonies were deferred until the fifth calendar day of the month, but President Hayes, as a precautionary measure, quietly took the oath of ollice on Sunday, tho 4th. It wa administered by tho Chief-justice of tho United States Supremo Court. If Major Martin and the other Democrats of the House who are particularly anxiori to escape the spectacle of the inauguration of a Kenublican President havo their "grips" all packed and at the Capitol ready to grasp jcut the instant that sine die adjournment is proclaimed, and they rush rapidly to the depot and are fortunate enough to catch a train the moment of their arrival there, they may get far enough distant from Washington to be out of hearing of the shouts of the vast multitude who will gather at the national capital. But they must be both diligent and lucky to achieve this much, unless, of course, they leave before the expiration of Congress and thus deprive the countrj' of their valuable services for a few hours. The 4th of March became the date for tho ushering in of a new administration every four years, and tho beginning and ending of. a Congress every two years, not by any designation of the date, but of a day at the beginning which fell upon that date. Tho federal convention which framed the Constitution adopted a resolution declaring it opinion that when nine States had ratified tno Constitution, Congress should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by tho States, a day on which the electors should assemble to vote, and the timo and place for commencing proceedings under the Constitution; that the electors should meet on tho day fixed for the election of the Presidents and should transmit their votes, signed, sealed and directed, as tho Constitution requires; that the Senators and Kepresentatives should convene at tho time and place assigned; that the Seuato should appoint a President for tho sole pnrpose of receiving, opening and counting tho votes for President, and that after ho had been chosen the Congress, together with the President, should without delay pro cecd to execute tho Constitution. This resolution was adopted onlthe 17th of September, 1787. The Continental Congress, at a session held Sept. 12, 1788, adopted a resolution in pursuance of tho .tction of the convent ion dec la ring that the first Wednesday in the next January should be the day for appointing electors in the several States: that the first Wednesday in the ensuing February should be the day for the electors to assemble in their several Statea and vote for President, and that the first Wednesday in the ensuing March should bo the time and the then seat of Congresa the place forcommeucingproceedings under tho Constitution. That was the first Wednesday in March, 1789, and in that year it fell upon the fourth day of tho month. The Constitution provides that tho House of Representatives 6hall bo composed of members chosen every second vear by the people of the several States. 'Ibis implies, necessarily, that the term is for two years, and as the term of the members elocted to the first Congress commenced on. Wednesday, the 4th day of March, 178., their term expired by operation of lawou the 4th day of March, rTlU, and by a like necessity the term of their successors commenced on the same day. Ex-Senator Boutwell, of Massachusetts, who made an exhaustive examination of the whole subject, says: "As that provision of tho Constitution has been operative without modification from that day to this, it has not been possible to make any change in the commencement or endingof a Congress, or of the terms of members of the House of Representatives. It thus appears also that a term of Congress is as fixed as though specific provision had been made in the Constitution that it should commence on the 4th day of March and terminate on the 4th day of March at the end of every two years. Tho same rule applies to inauguration day, tho term of the President being four vears and the first having commenced on March 4." m Prohibition at Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge, la., Feb. 14. The first movement for the enforcement of prohibition that has been made in this county for two years was inaugurated yesterday. There are near thirty open saloons in Webster county, one of which does a wholesale business of $200,000 per year. The saloons in Badger, Duncombe, Lehigh and Barnum were raided by indignant citizens and the liquors spilled. Nothing has yet been dono in this .city, where there are thirteen open saloons, but active measures are to bo adopted at once to make tho city "dry." The Ulcycle lUice. New Yokk. Feb. 14. At 11 o'clock tonight the women bicycle riders had, in the thirty hours of actual riding, made these scores: Stanley, iJS8: Baldwin. STA Von Blumen, 871; Woods , 2T2;Sualler,S27; Lewis, S19; Hart, 200: Cakes, S13; Armaindo, ITS; McShauc, 2; Blown, 170. 1A. M.-Score: Stanley.414: Baldwin,: Von Blumen. SlH; Woods, 2D1; JSuallor, Lewis. S; Hart,S07: Oakcs, ZiO; Arxnaindr 1 Mcbhane, H; Brown, 165.